Meetings In English

All the meetings and other activities at the Convention are conducted in English. If you are in the PV area outside the Convention and wish to find an English speaking 12-Step meeting, please Click Here for information about meetings and schedules.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem. It is nonprofessional, self-supporting, multiracial, apolitical, and available almost everywhere. There are no age or education requirements. Membership is open to anyone who wants to do something about his or her drinking problem.

THE TWELVE STEPS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
A.A.’s Twelve Steps are a group of principles, spiritual in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully whole.

Tradition Five states: “Each group has but one primary purpose – to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers”

Al-Anon

For over 55 years, Al-Anon (which includes Alateen for younger members) has been offering strength and hope for friends and families of problem drinkers. It is estimated that each alcoholic affects the lives of at least four other people… alcoholism is truly a family disease. No matter what relationship you have with an alcoholic, whether they are still drinking or not, all who have been affected by someone else’s drinking can find solutions that lead to serenity in the Al-Anon/Alateen fellowship.

The Al–Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength and hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness, and that changed attitudes can aid recovery.

Al-Anon is not allied with any sect, denomination, political entity, organization, or institution; does not engage in any controversy; neither endorses nor opposes any cause. There are no dues for membership. Al-Anon is self-supporting through its own voluntary contributions.

Al-Anon has but one purpose:

Help families of alcoholics. We do this by practicing the Twelve Steps, by welcoming and giving comfort to families of alcoholics, and by giving understanding and encouragement to the alcoholic.

PLEASE NOTE: This convention is NOT affiliated with AA. It is a recovery event organized by the SUS Organizing Committee, which is a separate group of individual AA and Al-Anon members, who practice and support the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions of AA and Al-Anon.